The Greatest Funk Hits of All Time

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Super Freak
engineer:
Bobby Brooks (US producer/engineer/remixer), Rick "Port Hole" Sanchez and Tom "Super" Flye
executive producer:
Alonzo Miller
producer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
background vocals:
Melvin Franklin, Richard Street and Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants)
horn arranger:
Daniel LeMelle and Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
arranger:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 153) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 477)
recording of:
Super Freak
lyricist and composer:
Alonzo Miller and Rick James (US vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer & producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
lyrics quoted on:
Hard to Get (revisited)
music quoted on:
Hard to Get (revisited)
Rick James3.853:27
2Brick House (live)
live recording of:
Brick House (original version)
lyricist:
William King (member of Commodores), Walter Orange and Lionel Richie
composer:
Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie and Milan Williams
publisher:
Brenda Richie Publishing, Cambrae Music, Daddy Married a Golddigger, Drop Five, Hanna Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Libren Music, Old Fashion Publishing, Reservoir Media Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Commodores10:15
3Get Down on It
recording of:
Get Down on It
writer:
Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang and James “J.T.” Taylor (US R&B vocalist for Kool & the Gang)
publisher:
Delightful Music Publishing Ltd., Planetary Nom (London) Ltd. and Second Decade Music Co.
Kool & the Gang4:54
4Car Wash
recording of:
Car Wash
lyricist and composer:
Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and USI B Music Publishing
Rose Royce3.55:06
5You Dropped a Bomb on Me
recording of:
You Dropped a Bomb on Me
writer:
Lonnie Simmons (producer, songwriter), Rudy Taylor and Charlie Wilson (R&B singer)
The Gap Band5:07
6Let It Whip (12" mix)
Dazz Band6:07
7Funkytown
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1979) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1980)
edit of:
Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
recording of:
Funkytown
lyricist and composer:
Steven Greenberg
publisher:
Red Sea Songs, Rick S. Music (publishing company associated with Casablanca) and Steven Greenberg Music
Lipps, Inc.4.153:58
8She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
recording of:
She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
composer:
Leon Haywood
Carl Carlton3:56
9(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again
L.T.D.53:40
10Ffun
recording of:
Ffun
writer:
Michael Vernon Cooper
publisher:
Bravo and Encore Music
music quoted on:
Niggaz Still Trippin’
music quoted on:
Welcome
Con Funk Shun3:35
11Flash Light
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 199) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 252)
recording of:
Flash Light
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
Parliament4.44:25
12Make It Funky, Part 1
producer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
lead vocals:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
partial recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”)
James Brown33:14
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ASIN:US: B0025OD7UE [info]